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Functional diversity loss with increasing livestock grazing intensity in drylands: the mechanisms and their consequences depend on the taxa.

Published online: 23 Aug 2017

Authors: Chillo, V. & Ojeda, R. A. & Capmourteres, V. & Anand, M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Overgrazing is one of the main drivers of desertification in drylands, and livestock production is expected to increase in the next decades. The analy...

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Shifting thresholds and changing degradation patterns: climate change effects on the simulated long-term response of a semi-arid savanna to grazing.

Published online: 01 Aug 2012

Authors: Lohmann, D. & Tietjen, B. & Blaum, N. & Joubert, D. F. & Jeltsch, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The complex, nonlinear response of dryland systems to grazing and climatic variations is a challenge to management of these lands. Predicted climatic ...

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Using trait-based filtering as a predictive framework for conservation: a case study of bats on farms in southeastern Australia.

Published online: 01 Aug 2012

Authors: Hanspach, J. & Fischer, J. & Ikin, K. & Stott, J. & Law, B. S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

With world-wide changes in human land use, an important challenge for conservation biologists is to develop frameworks to predict how species will res...

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Landscape-scale responses of birds to agri-environment management: a test of the English Environmental Stewardship scheme.

Published online: 01 Aug 2012

Authors: Baker, D. J. & Freeman, S. N. & Grice, P. V. & Siriwardena, G. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Agri-environment schemes (AES) are used extensively across Europe to address biodiversity declines in farmland. In England, Environmental Stewardship ...

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Climate change mitigation and food loss and waste reduction: exploring the business case.

Published online: 07 Feb 2019

Authors: Gromko, D. & Abdurasulova, G.

Content type: Bulletin

The carbon footprint of food loss and waste (FLW) is estimated to be up to 3.49 gigatons of carbon dioxide equivalent (gtCO2e), representing up to 6-1...

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Increased bird sound diversity in vineyards enhances visitors' tour experience.

Published online: 14 Dec 2024

Authors: Zielonka, N. B. & Tubman, V. & Dicks, L. V. & Butler, S. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Biodiversity is rapidly declining, reducing the quantity and quality of human interactions with nature and constraining its contribution to human heal...

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Oral history methods can reveal drivers of landscape transformation: understanding land-use legacies with local and traditional knowledge in Central Europe.

Published online: 17 Dec 2024

Authors: Biró, M. & Molnár, K. & Öllerer, K. & Szilágyi, R. & Babai, D. & Molnár, C. & Molnár, Z.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Ecosystems and landscapes shaped by the intricate relationship between people and their natural environment embody the impact of many different past l...

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Managing climate risks and adapting to climate change in the agriculture sector in Nepal.

Published online: 27 Apr 2016

Authors: Selvaraju, R.

Content type: Miscellaneous

The agriculture sector plays a critical role in the Nepalese economy, contributing more than 33 percent to Nepal's gross domestic product and engaging...

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Women's empowerment and crop diversification in Bangladesh: a possible pathway to climate change adaptation and better nutrition.

Published online: 23 Oct 2019

Authors: Pinto, A. de & Seymour, G. & Bryan, E. & Bhandari, P.

Content type: Bulletin

The existing literature shows that climate change will likely affect several of the dimensions that determine people's food security status in Banglad...

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Is habitat linearity important for small mammal communities on farmland?

Published online: 11 Sep 2002

Authors: Tattersall, F. H. & Macdonald, D. W. & Hart, B. J. & Johnson, P. & Manley, W. & Feber, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Farmland is readily divisible into linear habitats such as hedges, and nonlinear habitats such as fields and woodlots. In agricultural landscapes, con...

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